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It's hard to dislike a book that ends with a playful hubba-hubba!. Mystery

Faye Quick and Maisie Dobbs
(see previous recommendation) are both
female detectives at a time when detecting
was firmly the province of men, but that's
about all they have in common. They are products of their environment
separated by a generation, a country and a
war. While Maisie's personality was formed in service in pre-War England and on the battlefields of France, Faye is a scrappy 26-year-old, tough-talking,
wisecracking former stenographer living and
plying her trade in tough-talking,
wisecracking 1940s Manhattan.

The reviewers are generally in favor of
This Dame For Hire, the first in Scoppettone's new series, praising not just the
character of Faye Quick but also how vividly
Scoppettone portrays New York which "looks
...

"Although many readers will finger the
culprit before Faye does, Scoppettone
delivers a satisfying plot about love gone
wrong and a large cast of engaging
characters. And it's hard to dislike a book
that ends with a playful "Hubba--hubba!" -
Booklist.

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